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Official name :
Landolphia kirkii Dyer
Family :
Apocynaceae
5 reference(s) related to this plant
Reference HC 25
Author(s) :
Corrigan, B.M. , B.-E. Van Wyk, C.J. Geldenhuys, J.M. Jardine
Title :
Ethnobotanical plant uses in the KwaNibela Peninsula, St Lucia, South Africa
South African Journal of Botany 77, 346–359 (2011)
Symptoms :
H(095), H(201)
Recipes :
H(095), the fruit of Landolphia kirkii is eaten
.H(201), if all teeth in the mouth are paining, it is believed to be a sign of an evil spirit. The root is infused in H2O and the H2O is gargled to relieve pain
.H(201), if all teeth in the mouth are paining, it is believed to be a sign of an evil spirit. The root is infused in H2O and the H2O is gargled to relieve pain
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
umBungwa
Reference HC 51
Author(s) :
Constant, N. L. , M. P. Tshisikhawe
Title :
Hierarchies of knowledge: ethnobotanical knowledge, practices and beliefs of the Vhavenda in South Africa for biodiversity conservation
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 14:56 (2018)
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13002-018-0255-2
Symptoms :
H(095), H(203)
Recipes :
H(095) fruits: edible fruits named muvhungo;
H(203) Latex: strengthening the birdlime.
H(203) Latex: strengthening the birdlime.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa
Vernacular name :
muvhungo (Vhavenda), rubber vine (English)
Reference HM 58
Author(s) :
Mabogo, D.E.N.
Title :
The ethnobotany of the Vhavenda.
Magister Scientiae in the Faculty of Science (Department of Botany)
Thesis, University of Pretoria. (1990)
Symptoms :
H(094), H(113), H(095), H(201)
Recipes :
H(094) piles, H(113) rheumatism, roots of Landolphia kirkii of Ricinus communis of Albizia adianthifolia of Solanum panduraeforme , RNS.
H(201) magical protection, stick of Landolphia kirkii
H(095) fruit, VO.
H(201) magical protection, stick of Landolphia kirkii
H(095) fruit, VO.
Region :
South Africa
Country :
South Africa (Venda country)
Vernacular name :
mukumulolo, muvhungo (Venda)
Reference HS 54
Author(s) :
Salinitro, M. , R. Vicentini, C. Bonomi & A. Tassoni
Title :
Traditional knowledge on wild and cultivated plants in the Kilombero Valley (Morogoro Region), Tanzania
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 13:17 (2017)
DOI 10.1186/s13002-017-0146-y
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) food, fruit of Landolphia kirkii, RNS.
Region :
East Africa
Country :
Tanzania (Kilombero Valley, Morogoro Region)
Vernacular name :
kibanalomo
Reference HW 12
Author(s) :
Walsh, M.
Title :
The Use of Wild and Cultivated Plants as famine Foods on Pemba Island, Zanzibar
Plantes et Sociétés: Études océan Indien 42-43 (2009)
Symptoms :
H(095)
Recipes :
H(095) Landolphia kirkii as food plant in Pemba Island during periods of food shortages
Region :
Zanzibar
Country :
Tanzania, Zanzibar (Pemba Island)
Vernacular name :
mpo (swahili), rubber vine (English)